AMCI YouTube Course Week TWO: Infectious Diseases (HIV, Sepsis, MRSA, COVID-19)

hello hello hello and welcome everybody

Welcome to week two of the 16 week

YouTube

course how are you if you don't know

already I'm Mrs Jay I'm the curriculum

developer here at AMCI and I want to say

hello and I also want to say hello to my

team in the chat you'll see the blue

badges those are our interns they're

easy to determine you're easy to they're

easy to see because they have a badge

however the AMCI instructors will they

have their images please say hello

instructors and interns please say hello

to the AMCI YouTube course self

studiers we are happy you are here and

we're going to get started with some

housekeeping

over the past week our Student Success

portal has answered a number of

questions and these are the most common

questions asked so they were important

so I felt that this is the best place to

answer them because you could likely

have these same questions number one do

I have to join the Discord number two

when will Discord become available three

how do I gain access to Discord four

what is the difference between the gold

silver and bronze memberships five will

I earn a certificate of completion six

how do I log into my course seven where

can I ask questions eight will the

course be available after the 16 weeks

and nine may I move ahead of the class

okay let's begin with the first

question do I need to become a member or

join the YouTube channel the answer is

no no you'll need it if you want to join

the Discord and we'll talk about the

advantages of the Discord but no you do

not need it also if you want to join

just click on join from the YouTube

channel and it's next to the subscrib

button or subscribe button all right

next

question when will Discord become

available it will become available today

officially after this

session number two how do I gain access

to the Discord we will show you at the

end of class and three what is the

difference between the gold silver and

bronze memberships what's the difference

well we're going to show you let's show

you now

now on site you can see that there are

more according to the tier all right so

all of them get 2025 YouTube course

extra help extra resources extra

practice exercises Etc they can

communicate with other students and they

can view private lectures silver they

get their questions answered by AMCI

co-lead instructors and they get CPC and

ccsp exam am preparation you're going to

need that after the 16 weeks gold gets

all of that plus

instructor's um notes 2025 Chun notes

that's gold also there will be Chun

class lectures well they'll get to apply

their Chun to practice and they get

their questions answered by AMCI lead

instructors so that is the difference

between the three

will I earn a certificate of

completion absolutely yes but you have

to have the MCG manual to do so because

in the MCG manual there are

tests and you'll be directed to take

these tests however at the end there is

a final exam link click on that exam

link and take your exam but that link is

closed right now and it will be open

after week 16 of this course now make

sure that you use the same email address

that you used to purchase your MCG

manual to get a certificate of

completion all right these certificates

of completion will be

personalized all

right how do I log into my course well

no you don't have a login no you're

self-studying but if you just want to

have a

location where to find everything you

can log on to the website

www.amc coding.com backyoutube course or

you can go to the Discord it's up to you

but my suggestion is to follow the

syllabus follow the syllabus

and you've got the

course all right where can I ask

questions all right that's a good

question number one the best place is in

the Discord because everyone can get or

benefit from the answer number two and

this is just as good post underneath the

YouTube video so if your question is

pertinent to the video post under that

video any other questions Discord is

best we cannot accommodate your

questions at AMCI there are just too

many of you so we're doing our best to

to answer the most common ones and

hopefully we're getting them and also

too on our website we have a chat bot

you can ask your question there as

well will the course be available after

the 16 weeks you better believe it it

will be available do not rush if you

fall behind and you know life gets in

the way and you're a little busy it's

okay the course will be

here may I move ahead of the class I

have an exam scheduled and I need to go

go go well unfortunately the answer is

no not really the assignments will

officially appear on your syllabus on

the day of class yeah I'm a little early

but sometimes I'll be a little early but

you can

look for them to appear on the day of

class the YouTube course follows a

structured weekly schedule and that

means students can't move ahead of the

class and this ensures that all of us

stay on track with the lessons the

discussions that's important and guided

practice and this structure allows us to

manage and address your questions in an

organized way so making sure that

everyone receives clear timely and

accurate responses that is what we're

striving for so this 16 week course is

guided after the 16 weeks you can do

what you

like now I do want to say you can do the

readings ahead of time because they are

put on your syllabus but any additional

resource will available be available the

day of class that week all right so week

two should officially be available

today and this isn't wasn't as common a

question but it was a question what are

the required texts I think need to

emphasize we recommend icd10 CM if

you're testing in 2025 we recommend 2025

manuals right we also recommend bucks

step by step if you can afford 2025 any

year between 2023 and 2025 is acceptable

also the MCG manual 2024 or 2025 is

acceptable also your TPT 2025 and your

hipic level two 2025 oh and a lot of

people have been asking about this opum

they say hey I've got the aapc can I use

it absolutely we just recommend opum if

your end game is the CCS if you're in

game when I'm saying end game that means

that you plan on taking a professional

coding certification first then pursuing

your CCS second that's your endgame

that's what we recommend because you'll

only need to purchase one book you don't

need to buy both all

right also so if you're just kind of

being economical and you're just you

know buying them as you need them you're

going to need your ICD 10cm your bucks

and your MCG manual for the first eight

weeks then for the actual exam if you

didn't know these three are required

your icd1 c m CPT and your hicp picks

level two we recommend the current year

manual if you are taking the ccsp by

aema ahema has strict requirements we'll

put those requirements in your um

resources so you can look at them but

when you get closer to the exam we'll

tell you what you

need now we've gotten all that out of

the way I do want to tell you that we do

have a

disclaimer yes if you are brand new to

medical coding this might not be for you

unless you have watched the beginning

lectures that or you've been in a course

already or we have a free itmc

introduction to medical coding course

you can take that but we're going to